As per popular vote, I'm glad to bring you the first mod in my third animation series "Goetia" which consists of a 25 seconds Idle, two-cycle walk and run for female characters, this series will be revolving around the mage/witch archetypes, and overhauling magic and casting animations while going for a darker character personality than "Vanargand".
This can be used as a vanilla replacer or as a "Dynamic Animation Replacer" folder structure that is compatible with my previous...
2022-02-24 17:10:43 +0000 UTC
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I've spent about 8 hours so far working on this new walk animation, which consists of 3 subtly different 68 frame cycles (204 frames rendered in Blender at 60fps) to help reduce the repetitive nature of hand made walk animations.
As I've learned from the previous series, the base animations (idle, walk, run and sprint) are going to be crucial to the overall quality of their series as they'll have to blend fairly well with the combat animations, so your feedback is most welcome!
2022-02-18 00:17:04 +0000 UTC
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What content are you guys more interested in seeing in the near future?
2022-02-13 18:21:56 +0000 UTC
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After lots of testing and taking notes (and coffee ^^), I'm glad to finally bring you the (probably) final set for a while in the Vanargand series, sneak crossbow animations, in addition to the new animations, this will ensure that the character will keep facing the same direction while aiming and moving in any direction, as opposed to the vanilla animations.
As for what's coming next, I'll make a poll so we can choose what to work on in the near future.
These animation...
2022-02-12 00:04:50 +0000 UTC
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Phew this one was tricky, unlike bow animations, crossbows don't have standalone files for movement while aiming, instead it blends some bones from the aimed idle with the non-aimed walking animations, which already blend with the running animations as I've come to expect from Skyrim, keeping notes of which bones' data take priority on which animation was key to getting balanced blending.
Also seems to apply to sneak crossbow animations, which I'll be getting into very soon.
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2022-02-03 20:20:57 +0000 UTC
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Tremendous thanks to you guys for being so kind and understanding!
Time to pick up the momentum again and resume working on new animations, you make the effort worth it!
2022-01-27 23:26:47 +0000 UTC
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I'm sorry to inform you guys that my pc has decided to suddenly stop working, after some troubleshooting we've found out that the PSU has died, and changing it resulted in the pc powering on but getting no POST. However, most of its hardware was getting quite old and I was looking for an incentive to get a new more up to date rig, and sure enough, I'm working on it as I'm writing this! From the looks of it, this new rig should be ready sometime next week, after which, I will be able to resume...
2022-01-21 08:10:06 +0000 UTC
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Time to show some love to Crossbows as well, and to potentially close, for the time being, the Vanargand series and move on to something else, still not entirely sure though, I'll probably make a poll after this is done so we can decide what comes next, let me know what you think!
Attached, you'll find the test files showcased in the video. I'd highly recommend using True Directional Movement if you don't have it already.
2022-01-15 11:02:17 +0000 UTC
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After finishing up the power attacks and polishing the animations, I'm glad to finally bring you the SkySA version of Vanargand dual wield, these attacks will trigger when dual wielding and holding at least one sword in either hand, let me know what you think!
Use any mod manager or manually copy the content from your chosen attached file's 'Data' folder into your Skyrim's 'Data' folder.
2022-01-08 23:13:12 +0000 UTC
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Moving on to dual wielding for SkySA users, these animations will trigger when dual wielding and holding a sword in the left hand, the normal attack combo is now pretty much done, the power attacks should soon follow, let me know what you think!
Attached, you'll find the 4 normal attacks showcased in the video, requiring AMR, DAR and of course SkySA.
2022-01-04 16:50:49 +0000 UTC
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Happy new year! Wishing you peace, prosperity and joy!
This is the Sword and Dagger (Thrusts) version, and will replace these sneak animations:
- While dual wielding daggers and/or swords the Sneak movement, the dual attack and the special 3-hit power attack, as opposed to vanilla, the character will now remain in a stealthy position while performing these attacks.
- While holding a Sword or a Dagger in the left hand, the left hand normal and power attacks.
2021-12-31 15:34:27 +0000 UTC
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After taking a few months break from creating further sneak animations mainly due to their convoluted motion blending, I think it's about time to get back to it again! This time to overhaul dual wield movement and attack animations.
This is the Axe and Mace (Strikes) version, and will replace these sneak animations:
- While dual wielding and holding at least one Axe/Mace in either hand the Sneak movement, the dual attack and the special 3-hit power ...
2021-12-17 19:16:56 +0000 UTC
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I'm glad to finally bring you the dual wielding combat set "Vanargand Animations - Dual Wield Attacks", this was quite fun and really challenging to make and has at last reached a quality state I'm happy with.
Next up, I'll be working on the dual wield sneak movement and attacks, followed by the SkySA version of both the dual wield moveset and the sneak attacks.
Let me know what you think!
These animations will replace, While holding a one handed weapon in the lef...
2021-12-08 14:24:48 +0000 UTC
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These animations will replace, While holding a one handed weapon in the left hand, the power attacks while walking or running in the 4 directions. Next up, the standing power attacks for different weapons and the special power attacks.
This took a while to achieve, but hopefully you guys will like the idea behind it, the animations still need some polishing though.
As opposed to vanilla's left hand directional power attacks, which use the same upper body animation...
2021-11-30 19:10:41 +0000 UTC
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These animations will replace, While holding a one handed weapon in the left hand, the normal attacks while standing still, walking in the 4 directions and running in the 4 directions. Next up, the left hand power attacks.
No idea why, but unlike the right hand normal attacks, the ingame left hand attacks while walking are a blend between their workfile counterpart and their running attack counterpart, making it nearly impossible to get the intended walking footwork to match ...
2021-11-23 17:14:12 +0000 UTC
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Finally managed to extend the archery animations into the standing archery aswell, hopefully this will make your third person archery experience jitter free and more enjoyable.
While aiming with a bow, the character will now consistently keep facing the same direction while turning or moving in a similar fashion to how they behave with Vanargand sneak archery, let me know what you think!
These animations will replace, while holding a bow, the Vanilla Idle, walk, run, tu...
2021-11-11 17:10:00 +0000 UTC
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Moving on to the standing counterpart of archery animations, at the moment, the non aimed bow movement is pretty much done, now I can start working on the aimed movement and the remaining bow and arrow animations, let me know what you think!
Attached, you'll find the test files showcased in the video, if you intend to start using them for your playthrough, I would highly recommend using True Directional Movement if you don't have it already.
2021-11-05 18:58:11 +0000 UTC
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My first SkySA moveset is officially here! This will be replacing the SkySA Mace animations as was decided by popular vote, this means that future attack animations will converge more towards the remaining weapon types as I'm making them, hope you'll like it!
Use any mod manager or manually copy the content from your chosen attached file's 'Data' folder into your Skyrim's 'Data' folder.
2021-10-25 23:50:29 +0000 UTC
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Man this took more time than I expected, finding a consistent balance between my job and my animating hobby has been quite the challenge so far, hopefully it'll get easier as we go, nevertheless, I'm happy to finally bring you the one handed power attacks to wrap up my first take on replacing one handed weapon animations.
These animations will replace, While holding a one handed weapon in the right hand, the power attacks while standing still, walking or running in the 4 directions. Nex...
2021-10-21 22:56:34 +0000 UTC
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Preview of the current state of the one handed power attacks I'm working on, which, at the moment, consists of a power attack forward, power attack left and power attack in place, let me know what you think!
Attached, you'll find the files showcased in the video as vanilla replacers.
Animation Motion Revolution is required, and serves to give the character custom movement w...
2021-10-18 21:04:13 +0000 UTC
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These animations will replace, While holding a one handed weapon in the right hand, the left and right normal attacks while standing still, walking in the 4 directions and running in the 4 directions. Next up, the one handed power attacks.
The hard part is done, after multiple days of work, the attacks have reached a state I find acceptable, however, I will be coming back to the workfiles at a later date to iron out smaller issues like clipping, and also add annotations like footsteps (...
2021-10-06 16:19:56 +0000 UTC
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After multiple iterations, this is the one handed normal attacks concept I've finally settled on, I'm currently working on the different attack directions, while walking and while running for the vanilla replacer version, let me know what you think!
For the SkySA version, let me know how much movement, if any, should be added to the normal attacks.
Attached, you'll find the test files showcased in the video as vanilla replacers while standing still.
2021-09-27 15:56:58 +0000 UTC
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These animations will replace, While holding a one handed weapon in the right hand, the idle, walk, run, strafe, sprint, turn left/right and sword equip/unequip, also included, dual wielding idle and sprint. Next up, the one handed normal attacks.
Hope you'll like it!
Use any mod manager or manually copy the content from your chosen attached file's 'Data' folder into your Skyrim's 'Data' folder.
2021-09-18 19:29:21 +0000 UTC
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It's time to show some love to one handed weapons aswell, starting off with the stance animations and moving on to the attacks as I did with two handed weapons, though this time, I'm planning to make a Vanilla replacer version, along with a SkySA adapted version, both of which will require Animation Motion Revolution.
Attached, you'll find the one handed test files showcased in the video, if you intend to start using them for your playthrough, I would highly recommend using T...
2021-09-09 22:13:30 +0000 UTC
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Thank you all for the feedback and support! The Vanargand Sneak Archery animations are finally in state I'm happy with, and will hopefully make your sneak archery experience better!
The character (and bow) will now keep facing the same direction while aiming and moving as opposed to how they behave in vanilla.
The mod, while designed for vanilla's behavior, should now be compatible with Archery Gameplay Overhaul.
These animations will replace, while sneaking and h...
2021-08-27 21:22:30 +0000 UTC
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Vanargand Sneak Archery for male and female characters, these animations will replace, while sneaking and holding a bow, the Vanilla Idle, walk, run, turn left/right, draw arrow, drawn arrow idle, arrow release.
Oh boy was this a roller coaster, this has been so far, because of how Skyrim's motion blending works, one of the most complex animation set to pull off.
Let me know what you think! Though there is still more work to be done here, especially if not using TDM.
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2021-08-22 21:27:14 +0000 UTC
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This is the third part of the Vanargand Sneak animations for male and female characters, these will replace, while sneaking and holding an axe or mace in the right hand, the Vanilla Idle, walk, run, normal attack, power attack in place and forward power attack.
Additional weapon types can be added in the "_conditions.txt" file.
Use any mod manager or manually copy the content from your chosen attached file's 'Data' folder into your Skyrim's 'Data' folder.
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2021-08-13 16:37:37 +0000 UTC
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This is the second part of the Vanargand Sneak animations for male and female characters, these will replace, while sneaking and holding a dagger or sword in the right hand, the Vanilla Idle, walk, run, normal attack, power attack in place and forward power attack.
Additional weapon types can be added in the "_conditions.txt" file.
Hope you'll like it!
Use any mod manager or manually copy the content from your chosen attached file's 'Data' folder into your Skyrim's 'Data' fo...
2021-08-06 17:00:29 +0000 UTC
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So glad to finally bring you the Vanargand Sneak animations for male and female characters, these will replace the Vanilla Idle, walk and run while sneaking and no weapon is drawn, I'm currently working on more sneak animations that will hopefully be ready within the next few days, let me know what you think!
Use any mod manager or manually copy the content from your chosen attached file's 'Data' folder into your Skyrim's 'Data' folder.
2021-08-02 01:52:34 +0000 UTC
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